aidhmeannach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From aidhmeanna (“aims, purposes”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
aidhmeannach (genitive singular masculine aidhmeannaigh, genitive singular feminine aidhmeannaí, plural aidhmeannacha, comparative aidhmeannaí)
Declension edit
Declension of aidhmeannach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aidhmeannach | aidhmeannach | aidhmeannacha | |
| Vocative | aidhmeannaigh | aidhmeannacha | ||
| Genitive | aidhmeannaí | aidhmeannacha | aidhmeannach | |
| Dative | aidhmeannach | aidhmeannach; aidhmeannaigh (archaic) |
aidhmeannacha | |
| Comparative | níos aidhmeannaí | |||
| Superlative | is aidhmeannaí | |||
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aidhmeannach | n-aidhmeannach | haidhmeannach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aidhmeannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN